On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 10:57:30AM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: > Marco Amadori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Alle 14:18, sabato 29 ottobre 2005, hai scritto: > >> Marco Amadori <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > If there is also a proposal that at install time scans through external > >> > modules to find those needed by the host system I will be happier :-) > >> > >> That can be one area where discover2 can work. It has some good and > >> flexible enough database for it. We only need to finish the transition > >> from discover1 to it. > > > > So debian-installer could add binaries debs (building with m-a could be a > > pain > > at this stage) through discover2 for external modules automagically? > > In not far future would be possible to teach discover2 to > automatically install the need software to run a specific > hardware. For example a sane backend for scanner or a specific driver > for a printer. In this case, wouldn't be harder to add support to > install available kernel modules when available, right?
We are not using discover2 yet, but discover1, and i thought the way to the future was to use hotplug only, as ubuntu did ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
